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Source for: Eliza or Elizabeth Colyer, 3 Oct 1819 - 26 Apr 1910
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Birth source: S6Text: IGI lists Eliza born in Wanborough, Edwards, Illinois in addition to Village Prairie, Edwards, Illinois.
General Source: S5Text: The Ancestral File lists Eliza's birth place as Wanboro, Edwards, Illinois.
General Source: S24General Source: S4Page: p. 89
Text: Eliza Colyer, born 10-3-1819; died 4-26-1910. Married Joseph Applegath, Jr., on 11-25-1841 in Albion, Illinois. Joseph Applegath B. 1816 and died 9-25-1847, age 31. (Mr. Applegath's father was a teacher connected with the New Harmony Indian settlement, Illinois.] Joseph Applegath, Sr., born 12 May 1790 and died 9 June 1859. Their family: (1) Infant son, b & died 9-24-1842. (2) Frederick Applegath, born 9-18-1843 and died 12-24-1919.
General Source: S293Page: Typed index cards in the index box
Text: Bunting, Eliza Applegath/B. 3 Oct. 1819 - D. 26 Apr 1910.
General Source: S289Page: p. 507 or 251
Text: Household 49/50 : Eliza Applegath, age 30, female, born Illinois, worth $400. Fredrick, age 7, male, born Illinois. Florence Applegath, age 4, female, born Illinois. John Colyer, age 28, male, farmer, worth $500, born Illinois.
Date: 1850
General Source: S291Page: Marr. Book A, p. 111
Note: Compiled by Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb Oct 1978. Information on marriage to first and second husband.
Text: Colyer, Eliza (great grandmother of Eliz. R. Lamb)
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#1 Joseph Applegath, Jr.
Marr. 5 Nov 1841 by Alan Emmerson JPEC
Regist 29 Nov 1841 by Walter L. Mayo, Clk
after the death of Joseph, Eliza married:
#2 George Bunting (great grandfather of Eliz R. Lamb)
as his wife #2
Date: 1841
General Source: S1339Text: Death of County Pioneer Occurred Tuesday Night at Home Two Miles South of Albion. Mrs. Eliza Bunting. A Figure in the Early History of This Section was First White Child Born in Edwards County.
The death of Mrs. Eliza Colyer Bunting occured (sic) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip Flower, Tuesday nights. Mts. Bunting had been in her usual good health during the day and partook of hearty meals including supper on the day of her demise.
The deceased was known to have been the first white child born within the limits of Edwards county (sic). Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Colyer, came to Edwards county from England about the year 1818. They were married at a place called Bon Pas (sic) town. They made the trip in an ox cart to the residence of the official who performed the ceremony. They settled near Wanboro and later moved to the farm now owned by Charles Colyer, about three miles northwest of Albion. It was here that Eliza Colyer was born Oct. 3, 1819. The country was then but a wilderness and the first English settlers had but a few cabins here and there over the country. The state of Illinois had just been admitted to the union and the first English settlements at Albion and Wanboro had but recently been made.
The deceased was married in early years to Joseph Applegath to which union were born two children, a son Fred, who now resides at Herrin, and a daughter Florence who died at an early age.
Several years after the death of the first husband, the subject of this sketch married George Bunting, a prominent and well known citizen of the county, and with him lived on a farm in Village Prairie until some 20 years ago, when Mr. Bunting died. To the last marriage there were born four children: Mrs. Mary A. Flower of near Albion; Mrs. Sarah Hocking of Oklahoma; Mrs. Eliza Bromley of Bickleton, Wash (sic) deceased, and Jas. Bunting, a prosperous farmer of near Samsville, this county.
For the past score of years Mrs. Bunting has resided with her daughter Mrs. Philip Flower. The funeral services will be conducted at the home of Mr. Flower at one o’clock today by Rev. T. J. Clark. The interment will be at the Wanboro cemetery.
The passing of Mrs. Bunting really marks an historical epoch in the life history of our community. She may be said to be the last of a generation which has made and developed this county. She is survived by her brothers Henry Colyer of Supply, Oklahoma; Edward Colyer of Howard, Kansas; and sister Mrs. Mary Chalcraft of Toluca. She was a kind, Christian woman and lived to see a wonderful growth and development of her native home and holds a life record that may well be the joy and pride of her numerous descendants.
*at a place near the present site of Grayville.